Power-operated plow.



B. JOHNSTON & 0. W. MOTT. POWER OPERATED PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1913.

Patented Dec.22, 191.

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POWER OPERATED PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 191B.

Patented D60. 22, 1914.

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1,121,844., Specification of letters Patent.

Application filed August 20, 1913. Serial in. 785,798.

To all whom it may concern: ing and bracing bars 1 1 "which extend lon- Patented Dec. 22, 1914..

Be it known that we, EDWARD A. JOHNS- gitudinally of the frame and parallel with TON and CARL "W. MOT-r, citizens of the the sides thereof. This substantially tri-' United States, and residents of Chicago, 11! angular frame of the gang plow is mounted the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and runs on three wheels '15, 16 and 17, the

have invented certain new and useful Imfirst'mentioned wheel 15 being provided provements in Power-Operated Plows, of with a corrugated rim-and having a shaft which the following is a full, clear, and ex- 18' journaled in a bracket member 19 seact specification. cured to one of the side frame members 12.

This invention relates to plows, and par- The other front wheel 16 is mounted on a ticularly to power operated plows adapted crankshaft 20 upon which is mounted to be operated automatically and manually. worm gear 21 1mesh1ng with a worm 22 on One of the objects of this invention is to ashaft 23 having a squared end 24 by means render it possible for individual plows to of which said worm 22, gear 21, and crank be controlled automatically and manually shaft may be operated for raising and lowunder all conditions and in the proper order ermg the front portion of the gang plow to meet the requirements for successful comframe. The back wheel 17, which is a casmercial operation. ter wheel, is carried in a supplementary A further object of our invention is to frame member 26 which is pivotally mountrender possible the manual control of plows ed on arod 27. Mounted in said frame in connection with means used for automember 26 is one portion of a similar crank matically operating said plows. shaft 25 the opposite end of said shaft 25 These objects are accomplished by pro being shdably mounted-in a grooved porviding in a gang plow an arrangement tion 28 of the side frame member 11. By whereby the individual plows may be raised means of a lever 29, the back part of the and lowered automatically, and means for frame of the gang plow may be raised and operating or varying manually the depths lowered, a springBO being of assistance in raising the gang plow frame. The frame of said individual plows.

is provided with suitable members 10 by The invention is illustrated on the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of a gang plow embodying our'invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmeans of which the gang plow may be connected to a traction engine.

Pivotally mounted in the gang plow mentary side elevation of the same gang frame isv a series of plow beams 31, 32, 33 plow; Fig.3 is a sectional view, parts beand 34 carrying respectively plows 35, 36, ing in elevation, taken in the plane of line '37 and 38. F astened to the plow beams in 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. i is a detail plan view advance of the plows are the usual'colter of a portiomof the automatic control mecha- Wheels 31. Secured tothe= 'back end of nism used in the operation of the plowsf each of the plow beams is one end of a n Fig. 5 isasimilar viev; of the same, more chain, connector or resilient member 39, parts being shown in detail; Fig. 6 is a secthe other end of each. of which is secured tional view of a portion of the automaticto a cam actuated member, the chains or control mechanism taken along the planes resilient members connected respectively to of irregular line 66 of Fig. l; and, Fig. plow beams 31, '32, 33 and 34 being con 7 is a detail plan view of two members forming parts of the control mechanism.

The various novel features of our invennected to the cam actuated members 40,

41, 42 and 43 respectiv ely. Each of thechains 39 passesover or around a shiftable tion will be apparent from the description or movable pulley 44. and arelatively sta-, and drawings, and will be particularly tionary pulley 45, the latter being mounted pointed out in the appended claims.

Our invention is disclosed in connection diagonally arranged frame member 14:. The with a gang plow having a frame 10 includmovablepulley 44 is mounted in one end of ing two side members 11 and 12, a front an actuating lever 47 having a detent' 48 member 13 and a back member lextending adapted to engage notches 49 in the bracket diagonally between the frame members 11 i6 to'hold the plow in any adjusted posiand 12. This frame also includes supporttion. Aswshown in Fig.2, it is apparent in a bracket 46 which issecured to thethat by moving the hand end of the lever 47 downwardly, the movable pulley ll: will be elevated, thus raising the plow 35, and if it is desired to lower the low, the same may be accomplished by raising the lever 47. In like manner all of the plows 35, 36, 37 and 38 may be controlled manually for raising and lowering said plows individually. Securedto the frame is a series of spaced .vertically arranged guide members w between which portions of the respective plow beams are raised and lowered and prevented from being shifted laterally.

' For raising automatically in proper succession the individual plows, for example, at the end of a furrow, preparatory to turnmg, and for lowering automatically said plows in proper succession after a turn has been effected, the following meehanism is employed: Mounted upon one end of the shaft 18 (see Fig. 3), journaled in bearings 50 formed in a depending bracket 51, se-

cured to a frame of the gang plow, is a bevel gear 52 meshing with alarger bevel gear 53, secured to one end of a vertical shaft 54, journaled in the sleeve member 55 of.

the bracket 51. Secured to the upper portion of shaft 54: is a notched wheel 56, the notches of which are adapted to be engaged under certain conditions by a pawl member 57 having a roller 58 mounted in one end thereof. This pawl is pivotally mounted (see Figs. 1, 4:, 5 and 6) in a flanged portion 59 of a cam member 60, the latter of which is mounted loosely upon the verticalshaft 54. Secured to the pin 61, to which pawl 57 is fixed, is a collar member 62 having oppositely arranged ears 63 with depending projections 6t and 65 respectively, the former of which projections is'located in an elongated notch or opening formed by a projection 66 and a shoulder portion 67 of a dog 68, said dog being pivotally mounted loosely upon the lower part of'pin 61. .A spring 69 which connects an arm 7 0 on the projection 66 tends to swing the dog 68 inwardly into the position 'shown in dotted lines in Fig.

5. Said dog is normally held against the tension of said spring in the full line position shown in said figure, by either one of two adjustable fingers 71 and 72niounted upon a spindle 73 movably mounted in the plow frame and having ahandle or lever 74 held by a spring 75 to hold normally the fingers 71 and 72 in an upward-position to revent the dog 68 from swinging inwardly. ldy swinging the lever 74 upwardly, as

viewed in Fig. 1, and to the right, as viewed in Fig. 6, the finger 71 will be rotated or lowered out of the path of the dog 68 whereupon, due to the action of the spring 69,

the d0g'68 will be swung inwardly. During this inward movement the projection 66 of the do depen ing projection '64 of collar 62, ro-

68 passes into engagement with the tating said collar, shaft 61 and consequently pawl 57 into the full line position shown in Fig. 4c, the roller 58 of the pawl engaging one of the notches in the notched member 56. Due to the fact that this notched me1nber 56 is rotated by means ofitsconnections through'shaft 54, gears 53 and 52'and shaft 18 whenever the gang plow is in motion, the canrmember 60, with the pawl engaging a notch in the notched member 56, will be actuated to respectively and successively engage the arms 76, 7 7, 78 and 79 of the aetuated members 1-0, 41, 42 and 43 to raise the plows 35, 36, 37' and 38 respectively through the medium of their chains. After the power operated cam member has raised all;

in Fig. l. As the dog member 68 is being swung outwardly gradually, it swings freely upon the stem 61, imparting-no motion to the pawl member57 until the shoulder portion 67 of said dog member 68 moves into engagement with the depending projection 64 on the collar member 62 which is secured to shaft 61. At the instant said dog member engages said depending projection 6% a com pressed spring 81, held between projection 65 of collar 62 and projection 82 on the dog member .68, liberates suilieient force to snap the pawl 57 out of engagement with one of the notcheso of the notched member 56, whereupon further movement of cam member 60 is arrested. With the cam member 66 in dotted line position shown in Fig. 4, the

plows are raised. If it is desired to lower said plows automatically and successively, as, for instance, having turned preparatory to plowing in another direction, the hand. lever 7 1 is again swung to lower the finger 72 out of the path of'the dog member 68.

whereupon, as above explained, the roller 58. of pawl member 57 will be swung into engagement with one of the notches of the notched member 56. 'Due to the fact that said notched member 56 is continuously re tating whenever the gang plow is in motion, the cam member will be rotated farther in a clockwise direction successively passing out ofengagement with the automatically actuated members 40, 11, 42 and l3, permitting the plows35, 36, 37 and 38 to successively drop, due to their own weight, said automatically actuated members 40, 41, 4-2 and. -13 being limited in their movements by stops 85. with like manner, after the cam member has passed out of engagement with said automa tically actuated members 40 to 43 inclusive, the pawl 57 will be thrown out of engagement with the notched member by' the cooperation of the dog member68 and finger 71 It is apparent 'from the above that theintervals of operation of said plows through v the automatically actuated members 40, 41,

42 and 43, the plows will all be raised in a manner so that the end of the furrows made 'by the individual plows will be in a line perpendicular to the line of draft, plow ei'ng raised first, then successively plows 36, 37 and 38. In the same succession the plows will be lowered, the beginning of the furrows made by saidplows being in a line perpendicular to the line of draft. With the plows all sunk in the ground and in the operation of plowing, it will be seen that the depths of the plows may be controlled manually and individually by operating the hand levers 47 which effect a movement of the plows through the pulleys 4a and and the chains 39. It is to be observed that said pulleys and chains are used both in the automatic and manual operation of the plows. With this simple arrangement the plows may be raised and lowered automatically at will, and the'depths of the plows manually controlled to meet the requirements. For instancepif an obstruction of some kind is in the path of any one of the individual plows, that particular plow could be raised out of the ground without raising all of the plows, and then lowered again.

plow, and separate means for manually raising and lowering said plow independently whether or not said plow is being raised or lowered automatically.

2. Incombination, a plow, means for automatically raising and lowering said plow, and separate means associated with said automatically raising and lowering means for manually raising and lowering said plow independently whether or not said plow'is being raised cally.

or lowered automati-:

3. In combination, a plow, a connection through which said plow is raised and lowered automatically, and manually controlled means separate from and associated with said connection for raising and lowering said plow independently whether or not said plow is being raised or lowered automatially- 4. In combination, a pivotally mounted plow, automatic means for raising and lowering said plow, and independent manually controlled means associated therewith for also raising and lowering said plow inde- 1 pendently whether or not said plow is being 1 raised or lowered automatically.

5. In combination, a plurality of pivotally mounted lows, flexible members associated with sai plows, automatically actuated members to which said flexible members are connected for automatically controlling the operation-,of said plows in predetermined succession, and means adjustabl'y connected with said flexible members for operating said plows manually.

6. In combination, a plurality of plows, automatically actuated members for controL ling the operation of said plows, connections between said automatically actuated members and the individual plows, and a single cam for actuating said automatically actuated members in a predetermined succession.

7. In combination, a plurality of plows, separate automatically actuated members for controlling the operation of said plows in a predetermined succession, connections between said members and said plows, and a single cam through which said automatically actuated members are actuated.

8. In combination, a plurality of plows, separate automatically actuated members for controlling the op'erationof said plows in a predetermined succession, connections between said members and said plows, a single cam through which said automatically actuated members are actuated, and manu-v bers, and means for controlling the operation of said cam.

10. In combination, a plurality of pivotally mounted plows, a plurality of individually operated members operatively con nected to said plowsfa single cam for operating .said individually actuated members,

and means for controlling said cam.

11. In combination, a plurality of pivotally mounted plow beams, plows carried thereby, separate automatically actuated members, connections between said members and said plow beams, a single cam for actu- I ating said separate members forraising and i e a 15, in",

said actuator and said single cam for con trolling the operation oi said plows, and manually operated members associated with said connections for raising and lowering said plows individually.

13. In combination, a plurality of plows,

means including automatically actuated flexible members for raising and lowering: said plows, and separate me ibersconnected with said flexible members for raising and lowering said plows manually and individually whether or not said flexible members are being actuated automatically.

14:. In combination, a pivotally mounted plow beam, a plow carried by said plow beam, an automatically actuated flexible member connected to said beam for raising and lowering said plow, and a manually op-- erated member connected to. said flexible member for giving said plow an independent raising and lowering n'ioven'ient whether or not said flexible member is being actuated automatically. Y

15. In combination, a plow, an automatically actuated member for operating said plow, and an independent manually con- 4. trolled member associated therewith for g1 ving said plow an additional operative movement whether or not said automatically actuated member is being actuated.

16. in combination, a plow, an auto1natically actuated member for operating said plow, a connection between said member and said plow, and separate means connected with said connection for giving said plow an additional operative movement whether or not said autonmtic'ally actuated. member is being actuated.

17. In combination, a plurality of plows, means for operating said plows automatically in a predetermined succession, and means adjustable with respect to said other means for. operating one of said plows at any time independent of automatic-opera tion..

18, In combination, a plurality of plows,

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manually at any time independent oli automatic operation.

20. In combination, a plow, means for raising and lowering said plow automatically, and meansfor raising and lowering said plow manually, the actionojf either of said means giving a separate raising or lowering movement to said plow whether or not both of said means are effective simultaneously.

21. In combination, a plow, means for raising said plow automatically, and means for raising said plow manually, the action of either of said means giving a separate raising movement to said plow wnether or not both of said means are ellcctive simultaneously.

22. in combination, a plow, means for lowering said plow automatically, and means for lowering said plow manually, the action of either of said means giving a separate lowering movement to said plow whether or not both of said means are effective simultaneously.

23. In: combination, a plurality of pivotally mounted plows,.means for auton1atically raising said plows in a predetermined succession, and a hand operated regulator for said means.

v cally actuating said plows, and a hand operated regulator for said means.

25. ln combination, a low, means for'automat-ically actuating said plow, and a hand operated regulator for said means.

26. In combination, a frame, a plow sup oorted thereb" means for automatically actuating said plow relative to said frame, and a regulator for said means.

In testimony whereof we 'allix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDlVARD A. JOHNSTON. CARL W. llLlOT'll. /Vitnesses:

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